Enter the Rabbit Hole

Hey there! I'm Atlas Penrose, and I write Strange History. I have searched the globe for interesting, but weird facts about Ancient Worlds, including inventions that were built way before their time, the people that kept these civilizations running, and stories that have never been told before.

Here Are The Books I've Written So Far...

Ancient Weird Tech

Strange inventions from Ancient Civilizations

Dirty Jobs of the Ancient World

Brutal, bizarre work that built civilizations

Epic Fails of the Ancient World

Botched megaprojects and hilarious mistakes that shaped history

Death Was Just the Beginning

Strange, chilling rituals of the ancient afterlife

Guilty Until Eaten

Wild, bizarre justice systems of the ancient world

Poison or Medicine

The shocking cures that modern science is still catching up to

Science That Doesn't Add Up

Real scientific mysteries that still defy explanation

The City That Didn't Exist

True stories of the people who lived in secret Soviet cities

Gone Without a Trace

Real clues behind history’s most baffling mysteries

Crimes Nobody Solved

Real evidence behind crimes that still have no answers

Armies of the Ancients

The forgotten war machines that nearly rewrote history

Weather That Won Wars

Deadly storms that changed history without firing a shot